Wooden packing-case.



. B. JUSTEN.

WOODEN PACKING CASE. APPLICATION I-ILBD MAR.12, 1913.

Patented Nov. 4, 191-3.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS B. JUST'EN.

-WO0DEN PACKING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.12, 191a.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, BERNARD Jnsrama citizen of theUnited States, and aresident of Tampa, in the county of Hillsboro and State of Florida, haveinvented a new andmediate the ends, and the wireso'f the end-.-.

cleats are laced through said cleats, through" the ends of the sideboards and through the end frames of the case. An additional wireislaced through the end frames transversely wires are sealed in anyapproved manner.

The detail construction and arrangement, as well as the advantages, willappear from the following description.v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar-characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in" all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective viewof a packing case embodying my invention; F1g. 2 is across-section-taken adjacent to an end 'ofthe case; Fig. 3 is across-section taken through the intermediate cleat; and Fig. 4-

is a detail longitudinal vertical section takenthrough an end ofthecase. 2' 1 In forming a packing case in accordance with the illustratedexample, side boards constitutethe four sides; the ends thereofpreferably mitered. Around the case at the ends cleats 12 are secured,extending around the four sides of the case, so that the ends of theside boards 10 lie beta-eon" the end frames 11 and said cleats. Betweenthe ends of the case intermediate cleats 13 are se-' cured, extendingaround the four sides. In connection with the intermediate cleats a wire14 is employed which is laced through the cleats and boards, passingalternately to the inside and to the outside, as clearly shown in Fig.3, and the meeting endsof the wire are brought together, twisted as at15,

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' and then secured by any on the interior of the case edwcent to thePatented Novr l, 1913.

suitable seal 16,

or its equivalent. A's the seal .16 lies onthe exterior of the case andmight possibly, by contacting with other objects, be knocked OE andpermit the ends-15 to separate, I '1 provide means within the case toprevent the wire from being pulled out of place. Thus,-

end holes 17, through which the wire passes at one side of the case, saythe top,-loops 1 8 are provided'b'y twistinga wire 19, and

through these loops the wired; is passed and itselfgiven a looped form,asst 14*. 10

It will be obvious that, should tlie 'seal 16 bebroken, the loops 18will prevent the wire '14 from being withdrawn: {A wire -20 is lacedthrough the'e'n'd 12-,th'rongh the endsw'of the boards 10 beneatliflsaidcleats, and through the-end frames 11, thesa'id wire -exteri'or'of thecaee,=as clearly shbwn in El 1 and 2,'the e nds of the wire being brougt together as at '20 and secured by a seal 21, or-its equivalent. Itwill be-seen that the seal lies within the end frame 11. and is thusprotected against accidental breakage by terior of thecase through end,overlie end frames 11', the end frames being 3 required for ordinarycontacting with,another object.f.-.-.An additional' wire 22 is lacedhorizontally, that is transversely. to the direction of the lacing oithe .wire 20, and passes through the end frame lljalternately to theinterior and ex anels 23, which are secured to the inside 0 each endframe 11.- Each wire 22 extends around an end-frame, and at the interiorof thecase the ends of the wire are twisted together, as

at 22*. z

It will be observed that the cleats 12' and 13 extend across the joints10" between the side boards, and thus a cutting tool cannotbe entered ina joint or seam and run along the latter to sever the wire. 1

In practice, the cleats are nailedand are clenched on the inside, asindicated in Fig. 3,

to use much thinner lumber than is usually packing cases. Since thecleats cross the cards it will be necesthe size of the acking case.- Thewires14 and 20, itwill e observed, extend over the corners of the caseon the exterior, firmly bonding .the separate cleat members together.

The wire lacing forms a firm union between passiflgfalternately to theinterior and the at 24. The provision of the cleats and the .wires asspecified enables the manufacturer sary only to formfour holes in acleat, to

secure the latter in position, regardless of the boards and cleats, andin the case of the lacing at the ends forms a union also between thecleats, the boards and the end frames, thereby giving the maximumstrength and security.

The panels 23 may be in the form of a single'panel or 'separate'boards,and in the latter'case the i'vire 22 overcomes the defect in theordinary case in which the middle end 10 board'- can readily'bedisplaced to permit tampering; Whereas the Wire 22 willabsolutely"prevent this, since it firmly secures the end boards to theframe.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:' I

l. A packing case composed of side boards, end frames overlappedby'theends of the side boards, end. panels secured to the end frames at"the inside, exterior cleats extend mg 'around the four sides over theside boards at the ends, an intermediate cleat extending around the casebetween the ends, said cleats crossing the joints between the sideboards, a Wire laced through the interniediate 'eleat and through theside boards, running over the corners of the cleats at the exterior ofthe case, Wires laced through the end cleats, through the ends of theside boards and through the end frames, and

Wires running around the end frames and laced transversely to the lacingof the other Wires through the end frames and end panels,

2. A packing case composed of side boards, end frames overlapped by theends of the side boards, cleats extending around the case at the foursides, a Wire laced through the cleats and side boards, and loops on theinterior of the case through which the said laced Wire is looped.

3. A packing case comprising side boards, end frames overlapped by theside boards, cleats extending around the case at each end over the endsof the side boards, and a Wire laced through the said cleats, throughthe ends ofthe side boards and through the end frames.

In testimony whereof-I have signed my BERNARD JUSTEN.

' Witnesses:

Gus SECKBACH, PAUL RODRIQUEZ.

Copies of th'is patent he obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washingten, D. E.

